Vegetable-slicer.



Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l W/TNESSES: ama/yafizw- A TTOR/VEY E. LEWIS.

VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1914.

1,157,013. Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2'- l/Vl/EN TOR Elias Lewzls.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH (20., WASHINGTON. B7 c.

E. LEWIS.

VEGETABLE SLICER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1914.

Patented Oct. 19, 1915.

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WITNESSES:

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COLUMBIA PLANooRAPH C0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

To all whom z't-m'ay concern: r .e Be it known that. I ELIAS Lnwrs,.resid ELI-AS Lew s, or Team: name, nnmnn.

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ing" at Terre Haute, in the county of Vi go ject to provide an appliance of the general character stated ofa'sim'ple and eco nomical construction, which can. be easily manipulated and safely operated "by anyone.-

Another, object of my invention is to pro v'ide an appliance for the purposesstated,

in which the parts "arecooperatively so oombined and arranged that they canbe 'easily assembled for use. oritaken apart, making it easyto keep clean, and-in which they oper- H ativ'ely connect and cooperate "so that danger of breaking any of the said parts 'isfreduced';

to the minimum.

With other objects in View, that will be hereinafter referred to, invention consists in the peculiararrangement and novelcombination of parts, all of which will be hereinafter -first described, specifically pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawlngs,

in which:

is an inverted plan View of the cutter carry: I

V Figure 1 is aside eleifation'of my invention, the parts thereof being assembled for use. 'ltig. 2 is a top plan viewthereof. Fig;-

3 is a 'top'plan View and-Fig. tis a side elevation of the'base member.- Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the-hopper; Fig.;-6 is a perspective View; of the hopper-division members. Fig. '7 is a top plan View. Fig. 8

ing disk; Fig. 9 is a perspective'vview of one of the slicing knives, Fig. 10 is-a similar View of one-of the splitter 'lmiyes hereinafter referred to. Fig.- 11- isa-sideelevation, of the crank-shaft. Fig. 12is avertical section that shows a somewhat modified construction of my invention,hereinafter specifically referred to. "Fig. 13.:is a plan View thereof. i

"In theean:eoastmaioa my nan-a appliance includes a rim or base, a hopper,

a cutter carrying disk that operates in the bottomof the hopper, and acrank handle for connecting with the disk, the several parts being so constructed and arranged to,

. Application filedMarch '26, 19:14, estimat s-1;} T

specification of Letters Patent. 1 991 ,19, I

interengage with each other, as assert-,3

bled, in such a manner, thatfth'ey are held to their operative condition without 'thei'iecesslty of using bolts, screwsandthe like; The support ng'ba'se comprises an annular verticalrim 1 having a flaring base 10 pro} vlded with legs 11, which be formed integral with or be otherwise nected with the base "10. "A fseri esof roll-er the inside of bearing faces;

bearings}? are journaledon the-rim 1, with their upper or shown.

3+3 designate 'a plurality oflsna'p "springcatches secured np-on th'e outside of the rim: 1, the purpose of "whichv will presently ap 4: designates a CVLliII'ClIlfCal hopper which iaeiuaesan annanrlywinged base 40 whose upper'edgeformsalockingflange 41"ada1pt 7 ed for being-engaged by the snap springs- 3 3, when the hop'l'ner is 'inoperative posij',

5fdesiginatesa cut-t rdisk which, partsare assembled-, re'sts and i's 'rotatably 1 mounted s oil *the roller bearings-2 2, and

the said disk has axial 'non ci rcular-aper ture SUfoi' iecVing tlYe end 60 offa crank sha ft 6,'- that has the usual handle 61 that projects ioveru'and beyond the outer edge of the hbDPr=(see mgr- 1); The disk 5 has a, central inwardl ext-ended *hub :52

which when the parts a re '-o'p'er'atively-corn 5 bined, extends up into and is guided inaa tubular central post 7 whose outer faceffi's formed with aplurality of vvertical grooves v The lower "end "of the post .7 rests upon the disk 5}and'it forms the support for the 75,;fourbeing shown, that extend from the 7 upper endtojrearthe lower end thereof.

up erend of thehandle shaft 6, the latter having a plugbearing 62 that loosely-fits" into the u-pper -end of the'said post 7, as;

shown -8+-8 designate" plates or wings having pn-e end fitted within the grooves 75 in the post 7 and theothe'r ends' engaging the groove guides 73 formed" up'on'the side of the hopper, las shown. By forming the central hub 7 and the hopper with registering vertical gi'ii'de groove as shown' ajnd assented, the partition plates 8 can Y be readily fit in place or lifted out to form that hopper into two or more compartments, as described-V 1 The cutter slicer disk 5,before referred to, I

is formed with a series, three being shown,

of radial slots 55 and at the outer end of each slot a keeper 56 is secured upon the plate, a similar number of the said keepers,

'(see 57) being secured to the hub part of the 7 disk. The guides or keepers 56 and 57 have tapered bearing edges 58 so incllned with respect to the setting of the knife or slicer blades 59 that the said slicer blades 59 be comewedged in place during the operation of cutting, it being understood that the disk with the knives, moves in the direction indicatedby the arrow m.

sliced particles as they drop down through.v

the-slots55, a series of splitter knives 95 are secured up the under side of the disk, and whose splitter fingers project over the slot or passage, through whichthe sliced particles pass when separated from their bulk.

From the foregoing description taken in connect on with the accompanying drawings, the complete construction, the manner in which my appliance operates, and the advantages thereof will be readily apparent. By detachably mounting the hopper partitio-ns as stated one or more of the particles can be taken out to adapt the hopper for receiving the larger or smaller sizes of vegetables or for receiving heads of cabbage as desired. Again, the knives can be readily removed and replaced at will and thinner or thicker blades can be used to provide for cutting thick or thin slices.

, Figs. 12 and 13 of the drawings illustrate a somewhat modified construction of my invention, and in'the said construction, the

lower end of the crank shaft 6 terminates in a threaded stem 63 that passes down through a round aperture in the hub 50 and is'secured by a nut 64. The upper end of the said shaft 6, in the modified construction, terminates in a non-circular shank 65 that engages the apertured hub 66 that fits in the upper end of the tubular post 7 2, and which is integral with a bevel gear 67 and a horizontal flange 68 that rides upon ball bearings 7 6 seated in the ball race '77 formed on the upper end of the post 7 2, and the latter, in my present construction also has a ball race 78 at the lower end that receives the bearing balls 79 that ride upon the cutter disk, as shown. In the modified form shown in Figs. 12 and 13, the divisionmembers 8 are integral or otherwise fixedly connected with the post 7 2 and power is applied to the slicing disk, by a crank shaft l5 having a bevel gear 4L6 that meshes with the gear 67 and which is journaled in a bracket bearing 47 secured to the hopper and a like hearing LSsecured to the tubular post '72.

l t hat I claim is:

1. in a vegetable slicer, a base including a rim, bearing rollers mounted on thewalls of said rim, a hopper including an enlarged shouldered rim to fit over said base rim and leave a cutter disk receiving space, a cutter disk located in said space and resting on said rollers, said cutter disk having a hub, a tube post, the lower'end of which projects over and receives said hub, said tube post extending upwardly through said hopper, a shaft projecting through said tube post and held in said cutter disk hub, a bearing plug on said shaft fitted into the upper end of said tube post, means for turning said shaft, and division plates connecting said tube post with said hopper and holding said tube post in position. v

2. In a vegetable slicer, a base including a rim, bearing rollers mounted on the walls of said rim, ahopper including an enlarged shouldered rim to fit over said base rim and leave a cutter disk receiving space, a cutter disk located in said space and resting on said rollers, said cutter disk having a hub, a tube post, the lower end of which projects over and receives said hub, said tube post extending upwardly through said hopper, a shaft 1 projecting through said tube post and held in saidcutter disk hub, a bearing plug on said shaft fitted into the upper end of said tube post, means for turning said shaft, and division plates connecting said tube post with said hopper and holding said tube post in position, said tube post having ball races at each end, bearing balls in said ball races, the balls in the lower ball 'racee'ngaging said cutter disk, said bearing plug having a flange to engage the balls in the upper race substantially as shown and described. 4

ELIAS LEWIS.

Witnesses:

VWALTER W; DEARDORF,. MARY M. Yos'r.

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